Flour bolt and dresser



(No Model.)

1". P, TRAUTWEIN. FLOUR BOLT AND DRES'SER.

No. 448,288. Patented Mer. 17,1891.

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FERDINAND PHILLIP TRAUTlVE-IN, OF LUTESVILLE, MISSOURI.

FLOUR BOLT AND DRESSER.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,288, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed June 6,1890. Serial No. 354,454. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FERDINAND PHILLIP TRAUTWEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lutesville, in the county of Bollinger and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour Bolts and Dressers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in Hour-bolts; and it has for its object, among others, to provide an improved device of this character wherein is employed an inner revolving` drum or cylinder provided with troughs or buckets for the purpose of taking up the material and carrying it up and over and dropping or throwing -it down and against the cloth on the downgoing side of the outer reel. The inner and outer cylinders are caused to revolve at different rates of speed, the inner cylinder being set eccentric to the outer one, so as to revolve close to the cloth of the outer reel 011 the bottom and upon the upgoing side thereof, whereby it will keep the material constantly in motion on the bottom of the cloth of the outside reel. I provide a strong and cheap skeleton frame for the outside reel, which gives great strength and very little obstruction on the inside of the reel and none on the outside, leaving the reel in good shape for the use of a' brush on the outside for cleaning the cloth.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction and the combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly defined in the claims. y

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon,form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section through a tlour-bolt constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vert-ical crosssection of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts where they occur in both views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the casing, which may be of any well-known or preferred construction, and B is a conveyer box or trough in which works the conveyer O, of any desired form and designed to carry off the our. More than one conveyer might be employed, if deemed necessary or desirable, although only one is shown. The sidesof the casing or chest has sloping incline from the outside inward, as shown in Fig. 2.

D is the outer cylinder or reel, which is formed of the heads a and b, connected by the longitudinal bars c, which are joined by a plurality of rings or bands d, as many heilig employed as the length of the reel requires. These bands and longitudinal bars are arranged at suitable intervals and are designed to support the surrounding cloth e.

E is a skeleton head over which the outer reel is sleeved, and this head iscarried by and moves with the tubular gudgeon f, which has a suitable bearing in the frame of the casing or chest.

At the opposite end of the reel there is a skeleton head g, which is supported by inwardly-curved arms h to provide room for the inlet-spout F. The inside cylinder is of less length than the outer one, and this inner cylinder G is provided with peripheral troughs or buckets i, which are adapted to gather up the material and carry it tothe top, where it is let fall against the cloth of the outer reel, as will be readily understood. The heads a. and l) are simply bands of thin material of the same material and of the same thickness as the bands d and bars c, as seen in Figs. l and 2. rlhe said bands, heads, and bars are halved together or otherwise connected at their points of intersection, so as to provide a smooth outer periphery, as seen in Fig. 2, so that no obstruction to a brush will be formed, and the inner surface will also be practically smooth. The netting can be better and more evenly stretched than where there are projections and will wear much longer. rlhe head g is secured to the inner IOO face of the head a, and the head E, of small iron, as seen in Fig. l, is secured to the inner faces of the longitudinal bar c. The shaft II of this inner cylinder is passed eccentrically through the tubular gud geen, so that the lower edge of the said inner cylinder will come in close contact with thecloth on the under side of the outer reel, so as to prevent clogging and caking of the material at this point.

The shaft of the conveyer is extended at one end and carries two sprocket-Wheels J J. of the same size. On the shaft of the inner cylinder is xed asmall sprocket-Wheel j, and n one of the tubular gudgeons of the outer reel is a large sprocket-Wheel K, there being a drive-pulley L on the shaft of the vinner cylinder, as shown.

M and N are sprocket-chains connecting the two sprocket-Wheels on the conveyer-shaft with the largeand small sprocket-Wheels on the shafts of ythe inner and outer cylinders, as shown, so that the said inner andouter cylinders arerevolved at a differentrate of speed.

Other means-may be employed foriinparting thevdifferential speeds to the innerand outer cylinders and various modifications in detail maybe resorted to with regard to'the other parts Withoutfdeparting from the spirit In long reels I may sometimes employ driving means at the tailend of the conveyer and reel.

The operation is simple and will be readily understood. The bran escapes through the outlet m at the tail end of the machine.

What I claim/as new isl. In a device of the character described, a skeleton-reel support consistingof head-bands a and b, ilat bands d, and longitudinal fiat bars c, allotI this material and all of uniform thickness, united at their points of Yintersection lto form a smooth outer and inner peripheryfsubstantially as shown and described.

2. In a device of the character described, a skeleton cylindrical reel Aframe or support consistiugof end bandsa and @longitudinal iiat bars c, and iiat bands d, united to form a smooth outer and inner periphery, combined with the skeleton head secured to the band a and having inwardly-extending ltubular gudgeons, and the skeleton head E,.of `angle-iron, secured to the bars c inside of the end band b and carrying the tubular gudgeon f, all

lsubstantially as shown and described.

Intestimony WhereofzI affix my sgnaturein presence of-two Witnesses.

'FERDINAND PIIILLIP TRAUTWEIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. -REvELLE, vRUSSELL L. ALLEN. 

